The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More
The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More
The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More
This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More
Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More
Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More
Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More
The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More
In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More
Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More
I'm currently exploring Antarctica, faraway from all the world's turmoil. My expedition just doesn't want to end up like the people on the Titanic! This iceberg was a bit too close for comfort: But this isn't a travelogue and you want to know what's happening in the fields of finance, economics, politics, geopolitics and more. So let's dig in...I've been writing a lot lately...Read More
A 2021 feasibility study update on Goose outlined a 15-year life-of-mine, producing an average of 223,000ozpa of gold.Read More
The Toronto-quoted equity of explorer ATAC Resources (TSXV: ATC) jumped about 38.5% on Monday following the weekend announcement by Victoria Gold (TSX: VGCX) of a takeover bid at an 85% premium.While the all-scrip deal values ATAC at 12 ? per share, implying a value of $25 million, ATAC's board has rejected the unsolicited offer, prompting Victoria on Monday to extend the offer to Feb. 17 to give...Read More
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index retreated by 6.7 points or 1.1% over the Feb 6-10 trading session, ending the week at 613.42.Callinex Mines was the week's top value gainer, adding 71 ? per share to close at $3.35 apiece on Friday. On Feb. 6, the company announced it had appointed former Hudbay Minerals CEO Peter Jones to its technical team. Jones is credited for playing a pivotal role in devel...Read More
Canada's B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE: BTG) is buying fellow precious metals miner Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB; US-OTC: SGSVF) in an all-stock deal worth $1.1 billion (US$824 million).The transaction hands B2Gold the Back River Gold district property in Nunavut, which holds multiple high-potential mineralized zones poised to boost the Vancouver-based gold giant's reserves.The most advanced project in...Read More
During the Feb. 6-10 trading week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 56.7 points or 0.17% to 33,869.3 and the S&P 500 fell 46 points or 1% to 4,090.5.Among this week's top-traded stocks was major Barrick Gold, which saw at least 31 million shares change hands by market close on Friday. The company's equity added US62 ? to end the trading week at US$23.94. The company made headlines this week a...Read More
Simon Ridgway, founder and CEO of Rackla Metals discusses plans to drill this summer at the Astro target inside the highly prospective Tombstone Gold Belt that spreads through the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Ridgway spoke with Northern Miner staff reporter Henry Lazenby at VRIC in January.Read More
Dear Outsider,Take a drive down Howard Street in Baltimore's Station North Arts District and you'll likely see something colorful out of the corner of your eye.You might have to slow the car down to see it, or even turn it around to get a better look.Once you realize what it is, you'll want to park the car and see it up close.Dubbed Graffiti Alley, it's a small L-shaped alley where graffiti a...Read More
Share this articleVANCOUVER - Nevada King Gold Corp. [NKG-TSXV; NKGFF-OTCQX] reported assay results from four reverse circulation holes and one core hole recently completed at its 100%-owned Atlanta gold mine project, located 264 km northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the prolific Battle Mountain trend. These holes were drilled 200 metres north of the Atlanta pit on Section 22-16N and cut across th...Read More
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